Henry l



Nu. 6l3,505. Patented Nov. I, I898.

H. L. FERB'IS.

SLED.

(Application filed July 5, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS.

SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,505, dated November1, 1898.

I Application filed. July 5,1898. 7 Serial No. 685,084 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in sleds, the object ofwhich is to make a strong durable sled of good appearance and at a pricesatisfactory to the trade.

To such end the invention consists in certain features of constructionhereinafter fully described and claimed.

The drawings illustrate the invention by means of two figures, of which-Figure 1 is a perspective of a complete sled, and Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section in plane 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents a top board, and B B two cleats ofordinary construction. Upon the ends of the cleats are two side rails CG, preferably in the form of flat metal strips bolted or otherwisesecured to the cleats and extending forward-from the front cleat.Beneath each cleat are secured a pair of U-shaped braces D D, preferablydiver ging from the point of attachment to the 01 eat downwardly, theinner more obliquely than the outer, and meeting at their lowerextremities d d, where they are curved toward each other and rest in theupper concave sides of the runners E E, which are formed of a strip ofsheet metal rolled'or otherwise bent into concavo-convex cross-sectionwith the con-' cave side upward. The lower ends of the braces D D aresecured to the runners preferably by means of rivets d 01 These twobraces form the knees of the sled, and it should be noticed that becauseof the main o ner in which their lower ends are bent and abut againsteach other all of the shearing strain is taken from the rivets, onebrace op placement of the knees upon the runners by the friction of thelatter in the running of the sled. The runners are turned up at theirfront end, as is customary, and are secured to the side rails G C bymeans of castings F F, having eyes f f to receive a rope or otherhauling device.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Let'- ters Patent 1. In a sled,the combination with suitable framework and concavo-convex runners upwardly concave,"of a series of knees each com= posed of apair of bracesextending downward into the concave upper side of the runner andabutting against'each other therein; substantially as described.

2. In a sled, the combination with a suitable top and upwardly-concaverunners, of the U-shaped downwardly-diverging braces, D, D, secured attheir lower ends in the concave upper sides of the runners and abuttingeach other at said lower ends; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Harvard, in thecounty of McHenry and State of Illinois, this 27th day of June, A. D.1898.

HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

J. C. BLAKE, J L. KINSON.

